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Bezig met laden... Sidecar (editie 2012)door Amy Lane (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkSidecar door Amy Lane
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Loved this book. Like so many of Amy Lane's books it is in my reread section. ( ) There aren't enough words to express how much I loved this book and the characters of Casey and Joe. It had to be one of the most heart wrenching, yet most beautiful stories I have ever read in some time. Thank you, Amy Lane, for this treasure. I would have expected nothing less from you. The story covered 25 years with these two wonderful men that loved one another and made a life together in a time when it wasn't generally accepted. They dared to build a future and even raised a child...a baby that was one of twins born to a 15-year-old crack mother who didn't want anything to do with her tiny boys...one of whom died a few days after birth. Casey had been one of Joe's boys he rescued when Casey was 16 years old and had been thrown out of his parents' house. Joe was a nurse that worked 14-hour days and spent his weekends and evenings searching the freeways for people that he found struggling from cold, or heat, and hunger...both boys and girls. Casey was the only one he kept, and that decision took a great deal of soul searching on is part, but Casey refused to leave. The story is extremely character driven. It's filled with emotions that you know are real. It's an m/m romance, and yes there is sex...but the story itself and especially the last few chapters will have you reaching for the box of tissues. 4.5 Stars--Didn't you ever read about a couple in a novel, you read about their happy ending, you get an epilogue and you're satisfied but you want to know if they really make it in the long run? How about reading a 25 year span of the simple yet epic love of Casey and Josiah Joe" Daniels? We are introduced to their end and got to learn their tumultuous start between Casey, a 16 year old gay runaway and 28 year old Quaker RN and dogooder, Joe. Casey, a Virgo and ever the smart mouth (I'm team Casey all the way because us Virgos must stick together) was hands down my favorite of the two men. He's loved Joe from the beginning and no matter what came their way (and with such a large time span and the setting spanning the late 80's and 90's, it's quite a bit) There's mention of VD, boyfriends cheating, a trip to Europe, helping runaways find a new life, death, 80's rock bands to name a few. Interested yet? No? Well believe me I never planned on reading this book because of the cover (Thank goodness to Kukko for selecting) I shall never doubt an Amy Lane novel again. Judging a book by its cover - that I still need to work on. Drama? Yeah there's drama. Love? This book is saturated. If you haven't read this yet, give it a chance. Joe and Casey's love story is pretty epic, plus it's like a fun way of reliving the 80's and 90's." *Re-read 8/10/14 for Re-romancing the Faves Challenge- *sigh* I miss the 80s. Even though I was a little kid in the 80s, I absolutely loved the music, and I'm still obsessed with 80s pop culture. The AIDS scare... YIKES! I just recently saw The Normal Heart, and it was so heart-breaking. I'm glad Joe was smart enough to use condoms, and that he taught Casey to use them too. This book had plenty of angst, which I love, but it also had a few funny moments, like Joe walking in on Casey and Dev, Casey's purple "I'm having sex with Joe" luggage, and Caleb wiping his booger on his mother's pants. It was nice to see a religious family that was supporting their gay son instead of condemning him, with the exception of Cheryl (That was Joe's bitchy sister's name, right?!) of course. Cheryl was clearly miserable in her life and felt the need to bitch about everything and make everyone else miserable too. Was good to see Casey stand up to her. I hate weak MCs who never stand up for themselves. And we have Joe to thank for Casey having the self-confidence to do so. These two supported each other through everything, and they definitely deserved to be together and be happy. *Originally read 8/16/12- I absolutely loved this book. I am a big 80s and 90s pop culture fan, so all the references to bands, songs, clothes and movies brought back some great and funny memories for me. And I remember the whole AIDS epidemic even though I was young then. I remember the first time I heard about the disease, and how it became this huge thing, and how scared I was that I could get it and die. I totally understand why Casey and Dev freaked out, and I never actually saw anyone dying from the disease like they did. This book made me feel the same emotions as the characters as they were going through them.
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The year is 1987. The boys wear pink Izod shirts, the girls wear big hair, everyone has a stash box, and AIDS is just an ugly rumor rumbling like a thunderstorm from the cities. A teenage runaway wanders the side of the road, a heartbeat away from despair, and is rescued by a long-haired angel on a Harley. But that's just the beginning of their story. Josiah Daniels wanted peace and quiet and a simple life, and he had it until he rescued Casey from hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Then Joe's life is anything but simple as he and his new charge navigate a world that is changing more rapidly than the people in it. Joe wants to raise Casey to a happy and productive adulthood, and he does. But even as an adult, Casey can't conceive of a happy life without Joe. The trouble is getting Joe to accept that the boy he nurtured is suddenly the man who wants him. Their relationship can either die or change with the world around them. As they make a home, negotiate the new rules of growing up, and swerve around the pitfalls of modern life, Casey learns that adulthood is more than sex, Joe learns that there is no compromise in happy ever after, and they're both forced to realize that the one thing a man shouldn't be is alone. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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